Both good and bad. In retrospect it was really cool to be there in the midst of a musical paradigm shift (goodbye hair metal, hello good music). I remember that I had to import Soundgarden records personally before they went big, you simply could not buy them in Sweden! I loved most of the bands that emerged in that vein; Soundgarden (as mentioned above), Alice In Chains, Meat Puppets, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Tad, Mother Love Bone, and to a lesser extent Nirvana.
During the 90's I also discovered country music. Specifically the ”alternative” country music scene, and that was a real eye-opener, that also helped me break down barriers into all kinds of musical genres I had been too ignorant to give a go.
I remember not having a TV for most of this decade. Instead I read a lot, and by ”a lot” I mean that I practically devoured books! I read everything by Charles Bukowski, Kafka, Steinbeck, Ross McDonald, Elmore Leonard, Erich Maria Remarque, Hemingway, Gogol, Sara Paretsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, William Burroughs and countless others. I didn't care about genres really, I just wanted to read good books. All the time!
Those were the good things. In 1995 my friend Rickard died, when we were both only twenty years old. It still hurts. I visit his grave when I can, and I always feel guilt, because the other bad thing was that I nearly killed myself with self-destructive behaviour during this decade. My friend passed away for no bloody reason at all, and I did my best to kill myself with outrageous behavior, alcohol and chemicals. There is nothing ”fair” about life.
So, like I said: both good and bad, as life in general I suppose. Sorry if I got a wee bit personal.